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The $64 Tomato

How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden

By William Alexander
Paperback , 304 pages
ISBN: 9781565125575 (1565125576)
Published by Algonquin Books
$13.95(US)

Reviews

"A wry memoir in which every reader who's spent way more to grow a plant than he could purchase it for at the supermarket will recognize his own successes, failures and foibles."—San Francisco Chronicle

"Money, sex, aging. That's real gardening!"—New York Observer

Both an inspiration and a cautionary tale for anyone who has ever looked at a tomato and thought, I could grow that!”—Life magazine

"Engaging, funny, and down-to-earth."—Entertainment Weekly

"Gardening as extreme sport. . . . Engaging, well paced and informative."—The New York Times Book Review

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